I feel sorry for the young people today. I think there's too much paparazzi and not enough protection.

I gave it all that I had, and it's gratifying that others seem to be receiving it so well.

Singin' in the Rain (1952) and childbirth were the two hardest things I ever had to do in my life.

The only way you learn is by failure.

I think you should control yourself a little bit, so you can walk, and when you die, you can walk to your own funeral.

Anything worthwhile is hard, and dancing is very hard, and if you've ever studied dancing of any kind you'd know that to be in precision, three people dancing together.

I do twenty minutes every time the refrigerator door opens and the light comes on.

I'll just stay in [show business] till they stuff me like Trigger, when I drop dead.

I wanted to get that sense of peace and even boredom that comes with long familiarity.

If you're a dancer, study singing. You have to do everything and do it well. You have to study acting. You have to study all of it. You have to find workshops, get out on the stage...and fail.

I think one of my favourite films is 'Dark Victory' with Bette Davis. Why? She was so wonderful in that film. And maybe I just want a good cry once in a while without having to go through a divorce.

One of the greatest lessons we can learn in life is how to keep mute when the boiling ring of anger is dropped within us

When I was a kid, my mother's parenting style teetered between benign neglect and intense bouts of violence.

Why does naming a thing give it so much power?

Not a chance. I don't know what Sarah (Palen)'s doing, (but) I have no desire to be president of the United States, zero desire. I don't think that I would be electable.

I've always been in music. I started out in music, and I will continue to do music.

A just government has no need for the clergy or the church.

No hope, is worse than fear.

The information I have about Iran is second hand.

A young songwriter shouldn't think he or she doesn't stand a chance because someone has big corporate people behind him. Never look at it like that.

Aggression is what I do. I go to war. You don't contest football matches in a reasonable state of mind.